Pope Francis has recognized a new pathway to sainthood. In an apostolic letter Tuesday, the pontiff issued a decree stating that consideration for sainthood could apply to people who had lived a devou...

The Vatican has ruled that bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten free. In a memo sent at the behest of Pope Francis, Cardinal Robert Sarah said the bread...

President Donald Trump met a sad-looking Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, along with his wife, Melania, daughter Ivanka and others. Melania and Ivanka both wore black dresses with long sleeve...

It is a testament to the incredible vitality of queer spirituality that, despite centuries of both physical persecution and theological abuse, many queer people still have faith. According to a Pew Re...

On Tuesday, the highly insular North Korea conducted a massive artillery drill to mark the foundation of its military as tensions with the United States continued to escalate. Like many aspects of Nor...

Your family and friends may hate it when you text at the dinner table, but there's no way they're as extreme as Pope Francis. The pope decried technology's prominent seat at the dinner table in a spee...

Pope Francis hasn't yet directly addressed President Donald Trump's executive order on refugees and immigrants ― but the pontiff is clearly thinking about the large swath of humanity Trump is shoving...

Pope Francis sent President Donald Trump an official telegram on Inauguration Day ― and the pope wasted no time getting down to business. Francis used the opportunity to send Trump good wishes and ble...